Hi all,

I was wondering what past experiences anyone has had with bringing
scanners aboard Holland America Lines cruise ships, for example if
they're allowed, etc. When I Googled for information, all I found was
an old post by Bill Cheek, nothing up-to-date.

Thanks!

Michael

Mike . ..

^ I was wondering what past experiences anyone has had with
^ bringing scanners aboard Holland America Lines cruise ships,
^ for example if they're allowed, etc.

A scanner is nothing more than a wide range radio receiver. They are
permitted anywhere radios are permitted.

Frank

Take a look at this web site. It's very interesting reading.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/cruise_ships.htm

73s Mike
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Mike wrote:
Hi all,

I was wondering what past experiences anyone has had with bringing
scanners aboard Holland America Lines cruise ships, for example if
they're allowed, etc. When I Googled for information, all I found was
an old post by Bill Cheek, nothing up-to-date.

Thanks!

Michael

I was wondering what past experiences anyone has had with bringing
scanners aboard Holland America Lines cruise ships

I took an Alaska Cruise with Holland America after 9/11/ I had no problems
using getting a briefcase full of gear on board, using scanner, etc. Since it
was an Alaska cruise most of traffic was Marine band and city stuff while in
port.
Jim

I took an Alaska Cruise with Holland America after 9/11/ I had no problems
using getting a briefcase full of gear on board, using scanner, etc. Since it
was an Alaska cruise most of traffic was Marine band and city stuff while in
port.

Thanks for the info, everybody! The Cruise Ship monitoring site in
particular looks nice, it's well organized like Robert Eisner's
frequency lists.

I finally got around to sending an email to Holland America, and this
is their response, in case anyone is interested:

We have been advised that you can bring your radio
monitoring equipment on board. That is not a problem.

Thanks again!

Michael

"Mike" wrote in message
om...
I took an Alaska Cruise with Holland America after 9/11/ I had no
problems
using getting a briefcase full of gear on board, using scanner, etc.
Since it
was an Alaska cruise most of traffic was Marine band and city stuff
while in
port.

Hope you enjoyed the cruise. Wish I had gotten a scanner when I did the same
trip along the central coast aboard BC Ferries from Port Hardy to Prince
Rupert in 2001.

Had a BC245XLT scanner when I went over to Vancouver Island. Gives a
different prespective on things when you're doing part of living in
southwestern British Columbia. Being in a ferry line up.

Vancouver city police and most of the fire activty is Pro-Voice so that
activity won't be available on a scanner, but there's
lots of marine traffic, plus BC Ferries, and YVR (Vancouver International
Airport) and CFB Comox. S

A cheap way to do the same cruise is to drive aboard the Alaska Marine
Highway ferry at Bellingham Washington for
the trip to Alaska. No fancy casinos or any of the traditional cruise ship
junk.

Be sure to come back for another cruise when you can.

In article , wpalco124
@techie.com says...
Hi all,

I was wondering what past experiences anyone has had with bringing
scanners aboard Holland America Lines cruise ships, for example if
they're allowed, etc. When I Googled for information, all I found was
an old post by Bill Cheek, nothing up-to-date.

One thing to note: if you are on a cruise which will take you to other
countries (unlike the cruises up in Alaska), you may want to check first
before you take your scanner OFF the ship at any of the stops along the
way. Some countries are a little picky about that sort of thing....

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-- //Steve//

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Fountain Valley, CA
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